Palm Beach 100
1953 NASCAR Cup Series Race 1 of 37
Race InformationTrack Information
Total Purse:$3,525Race Date:Feb 1, 1953Palm Beach Speedway
Margin of Victory:2 LapsRace Duration:1Hr 39Min 38Sec.West Palm Beach, Florida
Lead Changes:2 Among / 3 DriversAverage Speed:60.220 MPH.500 Mile Dirt
No. of Cars:23No. of Cautions:No Data Found

Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information
Winner InformationPole InformationManufacturer Points
Driver: Lee Petty L. PettyDriver: Dick Rathmann D. RathmannDodge:9
Car No.:#42 DodgeCar No.:#120 HudsonPlymouth:0
Team:Petty EnterprisesTeam:Walt ChapmanHudson:0
Crew Chief:Lee PettyCrew Chief:Nash:0
Laps Led:152 of 200Pole Speed:65.028 MPH
Official 1953 Palm Beach 100 Results
FinishStartNumDriverSponsorMfgPointsLapsLedStatus
1742 Lee Petty L. PettyLee PettyPetty Enterprises9200127Running
2941 Jimmie Lewallen J. LewallenJimmie LewallenPetty Enterprises51980Running
3491 Tim Flock T. FlockTim FlockTed Chester (Car Owner)Hudson41970Running
4121 Herschel Buchanan H. BuchananHerschel BuchananHerschel Buchanan (Car Owner)Nash11920Running
51086 Don Oldenberg D. OldenbergDon OldenbergBill House (Car Owner)Lincoln11860Running
61155 Bub King B. KingBub KingBub King (Car Owner)Hudson01850Running
72260 Dub Livingston D. LivingstonDub LivingstonDub Livingston (Car Owner)01830Accident
8513 Pop McGinnis P. McGinnisPop McGinnisIrving Frye (Car Owner)Hudson01820Running
969 Donald Thomas D. ThomasDonald ThomasFabulous Hudson HornetHudson01810Running
102067 Sam DiRusso S. DiRussoSam DiRussoSam DiRusso (Car Owner)01800Running
11214 Fonty Flock F. FlockFonty FlockFrank Christian (Car Owner)11740Running
121351 Gober Sosebee G. SosebeeGober SosebeeCherokee GarageChrysler11720Running
1319102 Marion Edwards M. EdwardsMarion Edwards01660Running
1416167 Elton Hildreth E. HildrethElton HildrethHildreth MotorsNash01590Accident
152157 Jack Culpepper J. CulpepperJack Culpepper11190Overheating
1614T-2 Herb Tillman H. TillmanHerb TillmanHerb Tillman01040Overheating
1718 Jack Lawrence J. LawrenceJack LawrenceJack Lawrence (Car Owner)01010Hub
1817 Allan Clarke A. ClarkeAllan ClarkeAllan Clarke (Car Owner)1760Ignition
19831 Al Keller Al KellerAl KellerGeorge Miller (Car Owner)0730Accident
201537 Hank Ribet H. RibetHank RibetNorm Johnson (Car Owner)0680Wheel
21392 Herb Thomas H. ThomasHerb ThomasFabulous Hudson HornetHudson04845Driveshaft
221120 Dick Rathmann D. RathmannDick RathmannWalt Chapman (Car Owner)Hudson0313Coil
2323196 Lucky Sawyer L. SawyerLucky SawyerLucky Sawyer (Car Owner)040Ignition

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